The 44 AutoMag uses a 30-06 case cut down to 1.250" and sized to fit the 44 cal bullet. The case is considered rimless. It would fall completely through the revolver cylinder if put into it. The 44 Mag case is 'rimmed'. Actually when making the 44 Automag case, other donor cases work too, such as the 308 Win Mag (Winchester, not part of Windows so it works!) and the 25-06, etc. The 44 magnum/44automag round itself was the most powerful pistol round for generic production pistols. There are custom pistols used for targeting that handle much larger rounds (typically rifle rounds), such as a 338 Win Mag. Big round in a pistol: knocks down steel full sized silhouettes of ram at 1000 yard! I always wished the Automag round gained more favor. It makes for a better auto-pistol round than the 44 Magnum. They stack better in a magazine. But, alas, I just get a Desert Eagle in 44 Mag someday instead. It works very well! And with a 14" barrel ... -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Robert B. Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2004 12:14 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [OT:] Adware Aggrevations The Automag and Dirty Harry's revolver fire the same cartridge, no? A revolver uses none of the cartridge energy for loading the next one, while the AutoMag most certainly uses a small fraction of the energy to load a new cartridge. How, then, is the AutoMag more powerful? A longer barrel? Secret energy storage? Just curious, things don't seem to add up from over here. ;) R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Winter" snip > Actually you can't - Russell was exaggerating a bit - the "most powerful handgun in the World" is a *44* > Magnum... :-) In fact that's a handgun *round* - the most powerful gun is probably the AutoMag - uses that > round but it's semi-auto, rather than Dirty Harry's S&W revolver. snip -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu